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ShopOne And JV Partners Enter Texas With Acquisition Of Houston Retail Center Beltway South

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

ShopOne Centers has entered the Texas market with the acquisition of Beltway South, a 114,099 square foot grocery-anchored retail property in Houston, expanding the platform’s footprint into one of the country’s largest and fastest growing metro areas. The deal, announced January 6, 2026, was completed alongside joint venture partners Pantheon and a leading global institutional investor.

Latham & Watkins Adds Oil and Gas M&A Partner John Stavinoha In Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Latham & Watkins has hired John Stavinoha as a partner in its Houston office, adding an experienced oil and gas deal lawyer to the firm’s M&A and Private Equity Practice. The move bolsters Latham’s energy sector capabilities in Texas, with a focus on upstream and midstream transactions.

BCLP Adds Justin Winerman In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

International law firm BCLP has hired restructuring partner Justin Winerman in Chicago, adding to its Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Practice as the firm continues to build out bankruptcy and cross-border restructuring capabilities.

White & Case: Marco Buschmann Rejoins As M&A Counsel In Berlin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Dr. Marco Buschmann, the former Federal Minister of Justice of Germany, is set to join White & Case as counsel in the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice in Berlin, effective February 1, 2026, according to reporting by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.).

Ropes & Gray Adds Paris Private Funds And Tax Partners Édouard Chapellier And Jonathan Abensour

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Ropes & Gray said it has strengthened its European private funds and tax platform with the addition of Paris partners Édouard Chapellier and Jonathan Abensour, who joined, along with a team of eight associates.

Baker McKenzie Adds IP Litigator Dean Gerakiteys And Expands Sydney Disputes Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Baker McKenzie has appointed Dean Gerakiteys as a partner in its Intellectual Property practice in Sydney, adding an experienced IP disputes leader and bringing over a small team from Clayton Utz.

Tricentis Adds Jason Bliss As EVP And Todd Horst As Chief Growth Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Tricentis, a global leader in AI-augmented software quality, announced the appointment of two new senior executives—Jason Bliss, EVP and President, Business Operations, and Todd Horst, Chief Growth Officer. The additions expand the company’s executive bench as it works to help organizations innovate faster, reduce risk and operating costs, and support long-term, scalable growth as AI accelerates software development and delivery.

Ropes & Gray Adds Fund Finance And Infrastructure Partner Michael P. McGuigan In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Ropes & Gray has expanded its New York finance bench with the addition of partner Michael P. McGuigan, strengthening the firm’s fund finance and infrastructure development capabilities amid rising client demand in both areas. McGuigan brings more than 20 years of experience advising investment funds and other market participants on a broad range of financing structures.

Scoro Acquires Envoice To Expand AI-Based Profitability Tracking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Scoro announced it has acquired Envoice, an AI-powered bill and expense management platform, to help professional services firms capture external project costs faster and improve real-time visibility into margins.

Gordon Brothers Acquires LK Bennett Brand And IP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Gordon Brothers has acquired the global LK Bennett brand and related intellectual property assets from the joint administrators of LK Bennett Fashion Limited, positioning the British heritage label for a new growth phase under an asset-light model.

Sustainable Agro Solutions Acquires Ceres Biotics To Expand Microbial Biosolutions Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Stirling Square Capital Partners announced its portfolio company Sustainable Agro Solutions has acquired Ceres Biotics, expanding SAS Group’s product portfolio and R&D capabilities in microorganisms as it pushes to build a global agricultural biosolutions leader. Financial terms were not disclosed.

BeatStars Acquires Lemonaide AI To Build Ethical Creator-Owned AI Music Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

BeatStars, the independent music marketplace and rights platform, has acquired Lemonaide AI, a generative music company focused on consent-based model training, in a move the companies frame as a bid to set a new standard for how AI tools are developed and monetized alongside creators.

Sword Health Acquires Kaia Health In $285 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Sword Health announced it has acquired Kaia Health in a transaction valued at $285 million, adding Kaia’s digital health footprint in musculoskeletal and pulmonary care while expanding Sword’s reach in the United States and establishing a foothold in Germany.

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Investment Funds Partner Richard Madris In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired Richard Madris as a partner in its funds and asset management group in New York, bolstering the firm’s financial services bench and expanding its investment funds and asset management capabilities across its global platform.

b2venture Closes €150 Million Fund V

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

b2venture has reached a new fundraising milestone, announcing the final closing of its Fund V at a €150 million hard cap. The firm characterized the vehicle as the largest early-stage fund in its 25-year history, positioning the close as a signal of durability and investor conviction in a market that has remained cautious on venture allocations.

Alkira Adds Guru Ramamoorthy To Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Alkira added Guru Ramamoorthy, S&P Global’s Global Head of Cloud & Infrastructure, to its advisory board as the company pushes deeper into what it calls AI native networking and modern multi-cloud network operations.

Dragonfly AI: Over £5 Million Raised To Scale Neuroscience-Led Creative Testing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 30, 2026

Dragonfly AI, a UK-based company that uses neuroscience-led predictive AI to test and optimize advertising and creative assets, has secured new investment totaling more than £5 million, with the round led by early-stage investor 24Haymarket.

BlackRock And Partners Group Launch Private Markets SMA Built For Wealth Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

BlackRock and Partners Group have launched a multi-alternatives separately managed account designed to make private markets easier for financial advisors to implement at scale. Announced January 29, 2026, the new offering packages diversified private market exposure into a single account structure intended to support outcome-oriented portfolio construction for wealth clients.

Doppler: $9 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale Onchain Token Launch Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Doppler announced it raised a $9 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Variant, Figment Capital, and Coinbase Ventures, as the company positions its protocol as a core piece of launch infrastructure for teams raising capital on-chain.

Propy: $100 Million Credit Facility Closed To Consolidate Title And Escrow Firms With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Propy announced it has secured a $100 million credit facility from Metropolitan Partners Group to finance an AI-led consolidation of title and escrow companies, with the goal of building an end-to-end closing platform and reducing friction and costs in residential real estate transactions.

Talos: Series B Extended To $150 Million At About $1.5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

s total Series B financing to $150 million and pushes its post money valuation to approximately $1.5 billion.

Milliways: $3 Million Closed To Expand Plastic-Free Chewing Gum Across U.S. Retail

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Milliways, a plastic-free chewing gum brand founded in 2021, has raised $3 million to accelerate its U.S. growth by expanding marketing, broadening retail distribution, and increasing inventory to support wider availability.

PranaX: $17 Million Series A Raised To Expand Exosome Based Regenerative Biologics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

PranaX announced it has closed an oversubscribed $17 million Series A financing as the company scales its regenerative biologics work centered on stem cell-derived exosomes. The biotechnology company said the round was led by family offices, trusts, and individual investors with experience across biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and healthcare innovation.

Flying Tulip Adds Amber Group, Fasanara Digital, And Paper Ventures As Institutional Backers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Flying Tulip, an on-chain exchange building a unified trading and credit marketplace, said it has added new institutional participants, including Amber Group, Fasanara Digital, and Paper Ventures.

360 Hoops: Investment From Geno Auriemma Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

360 Hoops announced it has received an investment from UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma, who will also serve as a strategic advisor, as the company prepares to bring its patented three-in-one basketball system and circular gameplay format to market.

Poetiq: $45.8 Million Seed Funding Raised To Boost LLM Reasoning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Poetiq, a startup founded by former Google DeepMind scientists, has emerged from stealth with $45.8 million in Seed funding and says its “AI meta system” can make frontier large language models learn faster and solve harder problems without the time and cost of conventional fine-tuning or reinforcement learning post-training. The round was co-led by FYRFLY Venture Partners and Surface Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Operator Collective, Hico Ventures, and Neuron Venture Partners, according to the company.

VSE To Buy Precision Aviation Group In $2.025 Billion Aviation Aftermarket Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

VSE Corporation announced it has agreed to acquire Precision Aviation Group (PAG) from GenNx360 Capital Partners in a cash-and-equity transaction valued at approximately $2.025 billion upfront, a deal VSE called transformational for its aviation aftermarket strategy.

Farmers Launches Full-Service RIA With Schwab Custody And Orion Tech Stack

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Farmers Insurance Group has launched Farmers Asset Management, LLC (FAM), a new full-service registered investment advisor that expands the company’s wealth management capabilities beyond its existing brokerage and insurance-based offerings. The firm said the move is designed to deliver broader, fee-based financial planning and investment management services to clients while creating an additional platform for Farmers agents and Farmers Financial Services Agents to serve customers with more holistic advice.

Lukoil Signs Agreement With Carlyle To Sell International Assets Holding Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

LUKOIL announced that it has signed an agreement with U.S. investment company Carlyle related to the sale of LUKOIL International GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary that holds the LUKOIL Group’s international assets. The company framed the step as part of efforts to address constraints imposed by certain countries on LUKOIL and its subsidiaries.

Indigo: $50 Million Series B Raised To Automate Medical Malpractice Underwriting And Expand Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2026

Indigo, an AI-driven medical professional liability insurance platform, has closed a $50 million oversubscribed Series B financing to accelerate product development, expand distribution, and scale operations across its malpractice coverage business. The round was led by existing backer Rubicon Founders, with significant participation from new investor Town Hall Ventures and continued support from strategic investors, including Optum Ventures.